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Get all five expansion packs and more in Battlefield 3 Premium Edition

With Premium Edition, you get a digital service that includes all five themed expansion packs—delivering 20 new maps, 20 new weapons, more than 10 new vehicles and four new game modes. Plus, you get access to exclusive in-game items and features not available anywhere else, like new decals to show off and Double XP events to get an edge on your friends.

The award-winning Battlefield 3 game

Experience the ultimate heart-pounding action with Battlefield 3, winner of more than 60 gaming awards including the Gaming Critics Award for “Best Online Multiplayer.” Take on the chaos and destruction of the battlefield as bullets whiz by, as walls crumble around you and as explosions rock you to your core. Powered by the innovative Frostbite 2 game engine, Battlefield 3 brings the war to life like never before.

Multiplayer Head Start Kit

Get a jump on the competition online with the Multiplayer Head Start Kit. The kit gives you immediate access to powerful items like the heat-seeking AA missiles, special gadgets such as the defibrillator and weapons such as the 40MM grenade launcher and the M249 light machine gun. With 18 weapons, gadgets and vehicle upgrades in all, this kit gives the edge you need to start dominating in online warfare.

Premium Membership: Own all five expansion packs

Get all five expansion packs, including more than 20 new maps, 20 new weapons, 10 new vehicles and four new game modes. Take on the rubble and dust of post-earthquake Tehran in Aftermath. Get up close and personal with the tight urban environments of Close Quarters. Revisit the most popular maps from Battlefield 2 in Back to Karkand. Up the ante for vehicular mayhem with Armored Kill. A whole new level of destruction awaits.

Exclusive in-game items

Get unique in-game items not available anywhere else, including new soldier and weapon camos like the F2000 Navy Digital Camo and the L96 “Airman.” Plus, show off with a unique set of dog tags—or get out there and earn your own tags with the exclusive ACB-90 knife.

Powerful new features

Gain access powerful new features such as the ability to reset stats if you want a fresh start, queue priority into servers and new decals for Platoon emblems. Plus, join unique events like Double XP weekends and take part in exclusive competitions.

Product Description

Three times the intensity.

What’s your weapon of choice? The Battlefield name means ‘action’ to millions of players worldwide, and Battlefield 3 just ramps up the intensity. How? It’s all about choice.

The sheer number of options available to you on the field of combat is astounding. The four player classes—Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon—each have their specialties, and learning how these work with each other is the key to victory. Like taking the heat? Play Assault, and revive your fallen teammates on the front line. Prefer the distance of a sniper? Take the long view as Recon and neutralize the enemy threat before it appears. However you like to play, there’s something here for you.

Combat on the field of battle is more hectic and visceral than ever, and that’s in large part thanks to the incredible sound design. Near-misses whine by your head, provoking an immediate panic response; the rising drones of approaching aircraft keep you mobile; and the never-ending chatter of gunfire reminds you that you’re in constant jeopardy.

Fortunately, the controls feel as tight and responsive and familiar as you’d expect. It’s nice to know you can rely on them in the face of everything around you falling to chaos. Adding to the fun is your ability to commandeer any vehicle you come across, from tanks and buggies to helicopters and jets. Slam your F/A-18E Super Hornet directly into an enemy combatant! Why not? In this game it’s fun to do whatever you want, just because you can. DICE understands this, and it’s why players keep coming back.

But the further incentive for continued play is in the tons of unlocks: Ranks, Ribbons, Medals and the ongoing leveling that results in specializations that enhance your prowess. Stick with your helicopter, for example, and unlock IR flares that ward off oncoming missiles, or increase your stealth capabilities. Or equip a flak vest to reduce splash damage from explosives. Or any of scores of other options. There’s an embarrassment of riches on offer, and every second of play puts you closer to unlocking more. Build up to the loadout of your dreams to annihilate your opponents with extreme prejudice.

Really, though, it’s all about the multiplayer maps. Battlefield 3 has your back with nine maps that offer all the challenge you can handle. Choke points with plenty of destructible cover? Check. Wide open spaces for crazy vehicular combat? Roger that. Multi-level urban environments on a Ranked server with your squad’s reputation on the line? Affirmative. The only thing between triumph and total destruction is you, and that’s just the way you like it.

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